Memorandum holder



Oct. 7, 1947. D. A. SHAW MEMORANDUM HOLDER Filed March 18, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR.

Oct. 7, 1947.

D. A. SHAW MEMORANDUM HOLDER I Filed March 18, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 7, 1947 MEMORANDUM HOLDER Dugald A. Shaw, Aurora, 111., assignor to Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated, Aurora, 111., a corporation of Illinois Application March 18, 1944, Serial No. 527,111

6 Claims.

This invention relates to memorandum holders formed of sheet metal.

Among the objects of the present invention is to provide a simple, cheaply constructed, yet sturdy and efficient memorandum holder formed of sheet metal parts and capable of quick assembly.

Other objects of the present invention will be apparent from a perusal of the following specification when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the memorandum holder;

Figure 2 is a collective view of the various sheet metal parts and roll of paper which form the holder;

Figure 3 is an alternate View of the roller; Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 44 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5 5 of Figure 1; and

Figure 6 is a view of the sheet metal blank used in forming the sides and the writing support over which the pad travels, and part of the guiding mechanism for the paper pad.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the invention comprises two sheet metal sides 2 and l and an intervening integrally formed pad support s. This is all stamped from sheet metal in the form of a blank as shown in Figure 6. Each of the sides is provided at the rear end with the upstanding arcuate portions 8 and l d, the peripheries of which are formed with slightly countersunk, inturned flanges l2 and is, for purposes hereinafter set forth. At the front of the sides the same are formed relatively narrower and tapered down toward the front edges and 18'.

These sides, at the junction with the pad support 6 are flanged inwardly as at 20 and 22 to provide a countersunk pad support portion 5 which is adapted to receive thereover the web of paper 24, as hereinafter set forth. The front edge of the pad support portion is split as at 26 and 23, and said front edge is curled down in arcuate formation as at 30 to provide a paper guide at the front of the pad'support between the two upstanding sides 2 and 4. This is shown in section in Figure 5. In addition, the bottom edges 32 and 3d of the sides 2 and 4 are flanged inwardly as shown in Figure 2, and a rigidifying sheet metal brace, preferably of rectangular shape and in the form of an inverted tray, such as shown at 36, is welded to these inturned flanges 32 of the base. If desired, the tray 3% may be arranged exactly upside down to the arrangement shown in Figure 5,

' riveted through these perforations.

2 so that the bottom of the tray is bottommost and. the reinforced sides provide guide means to prevent the sagging of the paper web 24. This pan prevents the initial run of the paper web from sagging. Later on, as the roll of paper diminishes in diameter, the web will pass considerably thereabove. Two of the longitudinal side walls of the flange portions of the tray are folded back upon themselves as at 38 and it to lend further rigidity to this rigidifying structure. A roll cover for the back of the memorandum pad is shown as formed of an arcuate sheet metal piece 42 which is preferably provided with rigidifying ribs 44. As shown clearly in Figure 5, these ribs space the end of the paper web 24 outwardly of the curved surface 42 of the guard, enabling the operator to grasp with his fingers the very short, free, and exposed end to pull it out and to tear it oii by means of the tear edge 104. In addition this areuate piece is provided with laterally disposed end flanges it and 48 which are adapted to overlie the flanges I2 and l of the side pieces and are permanently united by welding. In addition, the bottom part of the curved piece 42 is provided with an inturned flange 58 which is formed with suitable perforations 52 and 54 to receive rubber feet 56 and 58, the flanges 32 of the side pieces being similarly apertured so that the feet pass through both flanges 32 and 34, thereby lending rigidity to the same.

At the front of the memorandum pad is provided a curved closure 69 of the sheet metal in the form shown in Figures 2 and 5. This curved closure 60 is provided with lateral flanges t2 and Ed. The portions 62 overlie and are welded to the front portions of the flanges 2i! and 22 of the side pieces. In addition the curved closure 89 is provided with a bottom, rearwardly extending flange 66 which is folded back upon itself and apertured so that it will receive the forward end of the flange portions 32. Rubber feet 58 are The front edge 19 of the front closure 6% is spaced somewhat from the front edge 31 of the pad support 5 through which space the web 2% of the paper roll is passed, as shown in Figure 5. The paper from this roll, which is shown in Figure 2, passes frictionally over a rubber feed roll 12, which in turn is mounted upon a tube 14, the ends of which are internally threaded to receive threaded shanks of turning knobs it and 18. As is shown in Figure 4, these knobs are tapered to provide a more eflicient fingertip grip. The knobs are applied at each end of the turning shaft so that the roll may be operated from either end. The

3 threaded shanks of the turning heads 16 and 18 pass through and rotate in openings 80 and 82 in the side plates 2 and 4. They are so held in position by the threaded shanks of the turning knobs screwing into the ends of the tube 14. Instead of having a single rubber roller, a pair of rollers 13 and 15 may be used, as shown in Figure 3. held from andonthe sides 2 and it by. means of two arcuate clips 953 and 92 welded to the inside walls of the sides 2 and 4. In addition, a pair of arcuate, resilient holders 9d and 96 are formed integrally with the clips 90 and 92. These resilient fingers provide an arcuate pocket at the bottommost portion so that the ends 91 of the cylindermanner in which the roll is removed from its holders 94 and 96.

As shown in Figure 6, the blank' from which thewriting surface 6 is formed is preferably pro- The roll of paper is preferably resiliently to hold the roller tube 14 firmly and rotatably' in these bearings while at the same time the turning knobs 16- and 7,8 are utilized for turning the upper roller 12.

Obviously the invention is not limited to the specific details of construction disclosed herein but is capable of other modifications and changes vided with two spaced slits H32 and file, and this isuthen bumped up above the plane of the. writing s'urfaceras at 1%? to provide a guide beneath which the end of the paper is passed in substantiall fiat condition without bending thereof, as shown in Figures 1 and 5. f'nere is also pro vided a free up i 08 which is bent upwardly as shown in Figure 4 to receive the front end of the arcuate piece 42.

These two pieces are welded together as at liii, see Figure 5; The periphery of the rubber roll i2 is positioned to project upwardly into this space to engage the underside of the paper so that by operating either of the i turnable knobs it or 78 the rubber rollers will grip the underside of the paper and feed it across the writing surface 6. Q

It will thus be appreciated that by reason of the construction of the few sheet metal parts, and

eda most economical, yet sturdy and efiiciently operating memorandum pad. In brief, by using the single stamping shown in Figure 6 I have provided not only the two sides but also the writsimple arrangement and assembly, I have providpass forwardly between the sides around the ing surface, the front curved guide for guiding the travel of the paper at the front, the integral upstandingstrap 65 for guiding the paper lat erally, the countersunk support 5 between the 1 1 two upstanding flanges 28 and 22 of the sides to provide a further guide for the paper as'shown in Figure 4, and have positioned the rubber roller beneath the guide strap 5% so that it will en- 7 gage the undersurface of the paper to feed it 1 along. In addition, by the use of the one piece 7 7 backiand the second one piece frontunited to the flanges of the two sides by weldingor other l wise, I have united these parts in a very simple manner to provide a complete closure for the r01- er at the top and-sides while at the same time utilizing theopen bottomfor the insertion of the;

paper roll therein. In addition I have allowed complete accessibility from underneath so that,

the paper may be threaded from around the front curved surface, across thetop of the writing surface, thence under the strap BB6 with the free end of the paper curving upwardly and engaging the curved top of the rear closure 62 so as to without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe appended claims.

Having. thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A memorandum pad comprising spaced, vertical, sheet metal sides united by an integral, horizontal web forming a depressed paper guide therebetween, the front edge portion of the web forming the paper guide at its forwardportion being provided with spaced slits and the intermediate portion of the integral web between-the slits being curled downwardly to provide an integral curved paper guiding surface, said metal; forming thepaper writing surface at its rear portion being formed with spaced slits extending at right angles to said first mentioned slits and ex tending in parallelism between the longitudinal;

sides thereof and the, writing: surface between said slits being pushed upwardly to providea, paper guiding and tear-off strap, a roller having, a surface of paper-gripping material mounted in the sides with its periphery adapted to underlie said strap whereby to engage the undersidev of the, 7

paper web: passing across in said writing surface and under said strap. to feed said paper along, a

cover having .a curved paper-guiding upper sur-o face at its front and enclosing the top rear end a of said sides, and means mounted in said-sides beneath said cover and adapted to support a roll of paper so that thefree end of the paper may curvedintegral guide at the front of the writingsurface, thence-across the top of the writing surface under thestrap into contact with the periphery of the feed roll and thence outwardly toward the, curvedportionv of the cover surface, and means to rotate the feed rollto feed the paper across said writing surface.

2. A'device of the class described comprising a sheet. metal container comprising a main house ing. having means' for receiving and rotatably supporting a roll of'paper at the rear end of said container, said housing being formed of spaced vertical sides andan integrally united papera; 7

guide and writing. surface, the front end of'saidi paper guide being integrally curved downwardly and rearwardly in arcuate formation, whereby the paper web may pass therearound andthence across the upper surface of the paper guide andwriting surface, the sides at the rear end of said writing surface having an integral strap'disposed slightly above the plane of said writingsurface to receive the Web of writing paper thereunder without bending, and a'resilient, manually oper- 'ated'feed roll mounted within the sides withits T periphery engaging the web of paper passing beneath said strap to feed the web of paper.; V

3. A device of the class described comprising'a an integrally curved guide around which the web of paper passes, said paper web then passing over the top of the writing surface, said writing surface having parallel slits transversely of its length to form a free strap, and said strap being bent upwardly and disposed slightly above the plane of said writing surface to permit the web of paper to pass thereunder without bending of the paper, whereby to leave the underside of the paper web exposed to the inside of said container, and a feed roll for feeding the paper mounted Within said container with its periphery in contact with the web of paper passing beneath said strap, said roller having means for manually turning the same to feed the paper.

4. A device of the class described comprising a sheet metal container having means for receivin and rotatably supporting a roll of paper, said container having a pair of vertical sides and an integral depressed sheet writing surface between the vertical sides at the top thereof, said writing surface at its rear having spaced parallel slots terminating adjacent said sides to provide a strap raised above the writing surface, the front edge of the writing surface being curved downwardly between said sides to provide a guide whereby the web of paper from the roll may pass around the curved guide at the front thereof, thence across the writing surface and under the strap, and a feed roll disposed within the container beneath the strap to engage the undersurface of the writing paper, said strap acting as a guide for the Writing paper and forming a rigid backing member for the paper web engaged by the feed roll as the roll engages the underside of the writing paper and said strap also acting as a tear-01f strip for the web.

5. A device of the class described comprising a sheet metal container adapted to receive and rotatably support a roll of paper, said container comprising an integral blank formed with two vertical sides and an integral, intermediate, substantially horizontal portion providing a paper writing support and guide, the sides from front toward their rear ends tapering slightly and adjacent their rear ends being provided with an upstanding arcuate portion, said arcuate portion at the top being flanged and said side portions at their bottoms being flanged, said flanges at the top turning inwardly at right angles and said flanges at the outward portions being slightly arcuately countersunk, an arcuate one-piece cover forming a back and top for the arcuate portions of said sides and connected to said flanges, said arcuate portion having a bottom flange turned inwardly to engage the bottom flanges of the sides, said intermediate portion of the blank forming the writing surface having parallel, spaced apart slots at its forward edge to provide a free front portion, said front portion being curled downwardly and inwardly in arcuate fashion to provide a paper guide, the rear end of said writing surface having transversely disposed, parallel, spaced apart slots to provide an upstanding strap, said writing surface being countersunk or depressed to provide a paper guide, and a front toe or closure having a top and a front bent downwardly to cover the front between said sides and a portion of the top, said front portion having flange portions overlying the flanges at the front of said sides and engaging the flange portions at the bottom edges of said sides, the rear upper edge of said front closure being spaced from the top edge of said paper guide to provide an opening whereby the endless web of said paper may pass around the curved, arcuate surface of said writing surface and thence between the slot formed therewith and the front closure, thence across the writing surface and under the strap, the rear end of said writing surface having an upstanding flange overlying the front end of said arcuate top closure and connected thereto, and a rigidifying brace interconnectin the inwardly turned flanges at the bottom edges of said side walls:

6. A device of the class described, comprising a sheet metal container adapted to receive and rotatably support a roll of paper, said container having a pair of vertical sides and a sheet metal writing surface between the vertical sides and the top thereof, the top of said container at one end of said writing surface providing a paper tearolf strip under which the paper is adapted to pass and an adjacent, upwardly curving housing for the roll of paper, the adjacent arcuate curved surface of the upwardly curving housing being provided with an outstanding beaded surface disposed generally parallel to the path of movement of the free end of the paper as it comes out from under the tear strip, whereby to permit the finger of the operator to be inserted under the free edge of the paper to pull it or tear it from the paper overlying the Writing surface.

DUGALD A. SHAW.

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